Molecular evidence for the occurrence of ctenophore mertensia ovum in the northern baltic sea and implications for the status of the mnemiopsis leidyi invasion

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2025-2033

  Gorokhova, Elena ^a   Lehtiniemi, Maiju ^b,d   Viitasalo Fros̈en, Satu ^b,d   Haddock, Steven H D ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Finland)

^c MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE INDEX; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; INVASIVE SPECIES; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NATIVE SPECIES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RNA; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

CTENOPHORA (COELENTERATES); MERTENSIA OVUM; MNEMIOPSIS LEIDYI; PLEUROBRACHIA PILEUS;

EID: 70349964368     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2009.54.6.2025     Document Type: Article

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